Late last month, Panini Authentic’s Brian Bayne sat down with Panini America’s own Kobe Bryant for a comprehensive signing session that included several new pieces of memorabilia for Panini Authentic and some upcoming cardboard cornerstones slated for inclusion in 2013-14 Intrigue Basketball and 2013-14 Crusade Basketball. Bryant also penned his powerful penmanship on a few outstanding redemption cards during the autograph session, too.

In the gallery that follows, we bring you up close and personal with some bona fide Bryant beasts sure to be making box-breaking headlines when Intrigue and Crusade release in late April and early May, respectively. Enjoy the preview and stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for continued pre-release coverage of Intrigue, Crusade and all Panini America NBA releases.

hello tracy im new to this but i was just wandering if there is any chance of me getting my 10/11 gold standard 24K Kobe Prime Material Signatures /24 THE CARD # 6? OR WILL I BE GETTING SOME KIND OF KOBE REPLACEMENT & IF I GET A REPLACEMENT WILL IT ALSO BE A PRIME PATCH AUTO OF KOBE? PLEASE LET ME KNOW SOMETHING. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY INFO U CAN GIVE ME ON THIS MATTER. THANX AGAIN FOR UR TIME & ANYTHING U CAN HELP ME WITH

I just wanted to thank u so very much for responding so fast to my questions. Even though the answers I got, crushed every ounce of my souI. I had dreams about how nice that card was going to look in my hand but always new I’m not that lucky accept for when it doesn’t matter. Well thank u very much ur the best.